DANIEL WHITING

Mundelein Illinois *****

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www.linkedin.com/in/danielwhiting

847-***-****

SUMMARY

A results oriented, customer-focused Electronics Engineering Professional with diverse experience in system integration, test equipment design, test engineering, product design and reliability engineering. Expertise in both analog and digital design with demonstrated ability to consistently meet production deadlines with unyielding results.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Reduced labor costs $70,000 annually by designing new speaker phase test equipment and by designing a system that tests all audio/video input and output functions on television receivers.

Mentored a high school robotics team that built a robot for competition using the Python programming language.

Designed an automated test position used to produce over 2000 microwave oven control panels per day.

Reduced consulting costs by $5,000 by identifying design errors on an automated inventory system.

Identified and corrected design errors on a VXI based system used to test and align optical disk drives.

Designed equipment that tested and aligned Stereo/SAP (Second Audio Program) decoder panels.

Co-designed a system that tested speakers in 50% of the time required by any other system on the market while catching rejects the other systems missed.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Apex Systems, Chicago, Illinois March 2019 – December 2019

Contract-engineering firm. (Six month contract)

Test Engineer for Baxter at Round Lake Illinois

Verified completeness and accuracy of Test Cases that were written by colleagues to reduce time to market.

Utilized TcU Product Lifecycle Management tool to confirm correctness of documents referenced by Test Cases.

Used Application Lifecycle Management for creating and executing Test Cases to ensure that a new product met hardware and system requirements.

SRI Technologies, Schaumburg, Illinois May 2017 – September 2017

Contract-engineering firm. (Two month contract)

Test Engineer for the Yeoman Pump division of Grundfos Chicago responsible for data collection and pump evaluation.

Collected pump performance data to determine if pumps could be shipped to customers or if they required rework.

Specified, ordered and installed components to reduce operating costs by improving the test system uptime.

Wrote rework instructions for pumps that failed testing so that the pumps could be modified to meet customer specifications.

IBA Particle Therapy, Warrenville, Illinois December 2012 – June 2016

Supplier of proton therapy systems.

Systems Engineer

Operated and maintained a proton therapy system for the Northwestern Medicine Chicago Proton Center.

Operated the proton therapy system for various customer needs which included patient treatment, patient specific QA, software testing, troubleshooting, and experimentation.

Troubleshot the proton therapy system equipment including electrical, mechanical, and software problems.

Performed preventative maintenance and curative maintenance on the proton therapy system to maximize uptime.

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SRI Technologies, Schaumburg, Illinois July 2010 - April 2012

Contract-engineering firm. (Six month contract)

Test Engineer for the Bio-logic Systems division of Natus Medical Incorporated responsible for troubleshooting, repairing and documenting test fixtures used for the production of hearing screening equipment.

Supervised a group that finalized the analog and digital design of a test fixture used on the production floor.

Created and executed Test Case Suites to ensure that product requirements were satisfied.

Verified the accuracy and completeness of assembly drawings in order to reduce production costs.

Generated User Requirement and Product Requirement documents to satisfy compliance agencies.

Honeywell Analytics (Formerly Zellweger Analytics), Lincolnshire, Illinois March 2004 – October 2009

Manufacturer of toxic and flammable gas detection systems.

Systems Integration Software Engineer

Designed, configured, deployed and functionally tested Distributed Processing Control Networks for LonWorks based Toxic Gas Monitoring and Control Systems.

Developed a Human Machine Interface screen for a Toxic Gas Monitoring and Control System resulting in a 10% increase in sales of the related toxic gas detection equipment.

Maintained and upgraded LonWorks based Toxic Gas Monitoring and Control networks remotely using VMware and at customer sites in order to ensure customer safety.

Increased customer satisfaction by conducting on-site training classes for Toxic Gas Monitoring Systems.

Enhanced usability of Life Safety System by identifying software flaw enabling corrective activities.

ESPO Engineering, Willowbrook, Illinois November 2003 – January 2004

Contract-engineering firm. (Two month contract)

Senior Control Engineer

Consulting Engineer and member of the engineering team responsible for integrating an antenna positioning system into production.

Decreased the production startup time by functioning as liaison between the group that designed the positioning system and the group that manufactured it.

Created schematics utilizing Protel 99 so that hardware modules could be manufactured.

Expedited production by organizing and maintaining an ftp site used to control project documentation.

SEMS, Inc., Valparaiso, Indiana April 2003 – November 2003

Manufacturer of industrial control equipment. (Company shutdown November 2003)

Project Engineer

Responsible for the analog and digital design of x-ray thickness measuring gauges.

Enabled suppliers to fabricate required system components by generating various fabrication drawings using AutoCAD and IntelliCAD software packages.

Resolved customer complaints by creating a project time line and installation drawings.

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Zellweger Analytics, Inc., Lincolnshire, Illinois November 1996 - June 2002

Manufacturer of air monitoring equipment.

Senior Reliability Engineer (July 1999 – June 2002)

Managed all aspects of product performance and reliability including conducting Product Design Evaluations on prototypes to ensure that new products met customer expectations.

Verified that requested engineering changes did not reduce the effectiveness of the product. Ensured that software revisions enhanced system performance as intended without introducing new issues.

Incorporated a National Instruments SCXI Data Acquisition System, using LabVIEW software, to evaluate new product performance and ensure product quality.

Evaluated individual components that were being incorporated into new designs to determine if they met required levels of performance and reliability.

Worked with suppliers to analyze components and provide recommendations for improvement.

Troubleshot a new product at an independent compliance laboratory. Then made design changes in order to get the product CE compliant for EMI/EMC.

Test Engineer (November 1996 - July 1999)

Designed test fixtures used in the production and burn-in of toxic gas detection systems, as well as created test procedures to verify proper operation.

Reduced costs by analyzing non-conforming components prior to requesting the supplier to provide corrective action reports.

Investigated the cause of, and responded to, Customer Discrepancy Reports to ensure favorable customer relations.

Conducted Y2K testing on all MDA Scientific products to ensure customer satisfaction.

EDUCATION

Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, B.S., Electrical Engineering

El Paso Community College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, A.S. General Engineering

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Six Sigma Core Green Belt Certified

Lean Leadership Certified

PROFINET Technical Training Class

Industrial Ethernet Technology

LonWorks Network Design

Using the LonMaker Integration Tool

Programming in Visual Basic 6.0

Six Sigma Plus Rapid Problem Solving Certified

System Software Reliability Training Course

CIMPLICITY HMI/SCADA Advanced

Introduction to EMC Design Practices

Design Reliability Training Course

High Speed Analog Design Seminar

C and C++ Programming Languages

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